Originally Posted By: The_Eric
You do realize that Wal Mart's Everstart and Interstate are supplied from the same company- Johnson Controls Inc or JCI, right?
Of course, but after a sizable number of acquisitions, it is not the same Co.
I am familiar with their Saft troubles, Varta, Raja and their Turkish project (building car seats for many OEMs). They are a diversified Co now and went through quite a few restructuring sprees.
Walmart: when you buy a battery there, make sure you check the charge when necessary. I bought a few MAXX units in the second weeek of October with October 2014 stickers, and both needed over 5 hours of top-off.
AGM batteries are quite good, if you use an inverter frequently.
Interstate: your local distributor may have blems for 1/2 or even 1/3 off the sticker price, but you may have to wait to get one. Ask for blems, but time is money for some of us. Blemishes are minor, and those are brand new batteries.
I was just [censored] a couple of times by the way they started to warranty them. Walmart still does it much better.
OP, you will get a lot out of any regular flooded battery, if you maintain it.
You do realize that Wal Mart's Everstart and Interstate are supplied from the same company- Johnson Controls Inc or JCI, right?
Of course, but after a sizable number of acquisitions, it is not the same Co.
I am familiar with their Saft troubles, Varta, Raja and their Turkish project (building car seats for many OEMs). They are a diversified Co now and went through quite a few restructuring sprees.
Walmart: when you buy a battery there, make sure you check the charge when necessary. I bought a few MAXX units in the second weeek of October with October 2014 stickers, and both needed over 5 hours of top-off.
AGM batteries are quite good, if you use an inverter frequently.
Interstate: your local distributor may have blems for 1/2 or even 1/3 off the sticker price, but you may have to wait to get one. Ask for blems, but time is money for some of us. Blemishes are minor, and those are brand new batteries.
I was just [censored] a couple of times by the way they started to warranty them. Walmart still does it much better.
OP, you will get a lot out of any regular flooded battery, if you maintain it.